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Inquiry slams years of government failure before rushed fishing ban
AI EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
A parliamentary committee has criticized the Tasmanian government for mismanaging the sand flathead population over several years. The inquiry concluded that officials failed to address the issue adequately before abruptly implementing a fishing ban in the state's south without sufficient stakeholder consultation.
WHY IT MATTERS
It exposes critical regulatory failures and a lack of public consultation in a sudden environmental and recreational restriction.
A lower house committee has scrutinised the Tasmanian government's decision to ban people from fishing sand flathead across a large part of the state's south. It found the government failed to properly manage the species for years, before rushing through the ban without proper consultation.
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